Resources by Topic: Prolife

EPM does believe it is possible to agree in principle with people of other faiths on this issue of the sanctity of human life, without endorsing the theology of those other faiths. 

The hard cases are also sometimes called the exceptional cases. But the fundamental question remains, “Is there any exception to the fact that a preborn child is a human being?” The point is not how a child was conceived but that he was conceived.

Over the years I’ve frequently been told that life issues are not what the church of Jesus Christ is to be about. A seminary student at my church once told me something I’ve often heard in one form or another: “Issues like abor­tion are just a distraction from the main thing.”

In this clip from his message for the Life International Global Congress, Randy explains that to be pro-life should certainly mean more than being concerned for unborn babies, but it should never mean less than that. 

Randy recorded a teaching session for the 2023 Life International Global Congress in Malta. In his message, he shares howour efforts to protect the most vulnerable – theunborn AREpart of fulfilling theGreat Commission.  

When Portland’s pregnancy resource center started over 30 years ago, there were only 12-15 PRCs in the whole country. Now there are over 2,000! It is amazing how far the movement has come. However, since the leak of the Dobbs opinion last year, and the subsequent overturning of Roe v. Wade, these centers across the U.S. have faced increased hostility. 

Marie Stopes was a British author who, much like her US counterpart Margaret Sanger (founder of Planned Parenthood), actively advocated for eugenics, championed the right to abortion, and did what she could to provide them.

In our culture, it’s common to hear some variation of, “Abortion is no one else’s business. That’s a decision between a woman and her doctor.” Others might say, “Abortion is an issue between a woman and God.” 

The research article you sent is very interesting. However, I do note that in their limitations section, they say, “Sample sizes were small for some subgroups, resulting in limited power to examine specific beverage types in different phases of the menstrual cycle, or to assess interaction.”

Unfortunately, since the overturning of Roe and Casey, there has been much misinformation on the internet and in the media about ectopic pregnancies, and claims that women will not be able to receive medically necessary treatment in states that have restricted elective abortion. This is a straw man and/or a red herring argument.

The enemy knows exactly what buttons to push in our lives to keep us, as you said, living in past darkness, and doubting God’s forgiveness and love. He wants to derail us from experiencing all that God has for us. He’s remarkably good at this, but the wonderful news is that “the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world” (1 John 4:4).

Abortion has created a global mission field, and preborn children are the largest endangered people-group in the world, with more than 60 million aborted each year. The Gospel compels us to enter this mission field and proclaim the immense value of every child.

Randy Alcorn was interviewed by Caleb Bailey with the podcast The World and Everything in It (which is a part of the World News group) about the issue of abortion and his book ProLife Answers to ProChoice Arguments.

As should be obvious from the intensity of the outcries to the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, when it comes to abortion, we are not talking about a topic that is just hotter than any other. Abortion is birthed by a force of darkness that will bitterly resist every effort to combat it.